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===Circumstantial clauses=== | ===Circumstantial clauses=== | ||
For example, the Latin phrase ''Quaerendo invenietis'' 'Seek and ye shall find' can be translated using the transgressive: | For example, the Latin phrase ''Quaerendo invenietis'' 'Seek and ye shall find' can be translated using the transgressive: | ||
:''''' | :'''''Hydůp qavvylono.''''' | ||
:seek/TRGR 3SG.N-IRR/find-2PL | :seek/TRGR 3SG.N-IRR/find-2PL | ||
:''Look for it and find it.'' (More literally: ''[By] seeking, you will find it.'' or ''[By] seeking, find it.'') | :''Look for it and find it.'' (More literally: ''[By] seeking, you will find it.'' or ''[By] seeking, find it.'') | ||
:''''' | :'''''Hydůp qyvvelon tim.''''' | ||
:seek/TRGR 3SG.N-REAL/find 2PL | :seek/TRGR 3SG.N-REAL/find 2PL | ||
:''"Seek and ye shall [surely] find."'' (This indicates a ''much'' higher-than-normal degree of certainty that "ye shall find".) | :''"Seek and ye shall [surely] find."'' (This indicates a ''much'' higher-than-normal degree of certainty that "ye shall find".) | ||